The Aviator (2004)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writer (WGA):

John Logan (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

For some men, the sky was the limit. For him, it was just the beginning.

Plot:

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s.

Plot Keywords:

Rise And Fall | Flight Engineer | Chrysler Building New York | Paparazzi | Genius

Awards:

Won 5 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 64 nominations

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Howard Hughes
Cate Blanchett	...	Katharine Hepburn
Kate Beckinsale	...	Ava Gardner
John C. Reilly	...	Noah Dietrich
Alec Baldwin	...	Juan Trippe
Alan Alda	...	Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Ian Holm	...	Professor Fitz
Danny Huston	...	Jack Frye
Gwen Stefani	...	Jean Harlow
Jude Law	...	Errol Flynn
Adam Scott	...	Johnny Meyer
Matt Ross	...	Glenn Odekirk
Kelli Garner	...	Faith Domergue
Frances Conroy	...	Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
Brent Spiner	...	Robert Gross
Stanley DeSantis	...	Louis B. Mayer
Edward Herrmann	...	Joseph Breen
Willem Dafoe	...	Roland Sweet
Kenneth Welsh	...	Dr. Thomas Norval Hepburn
J.C. MacKenzie	...	Ludlow Ogden Smith
Jacob Davich	...	Howard Hughes - 9 Years Old
Amy Sloan	...	Allene Stone Gano Hughes
Sam Hennings	...	Hell's Angels Stunt Coordinator
Joe Chrest	...	Hell's Angels Director of Photography
Rufus Wainwright	...	Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1
Harry Standjofski	...	Crony of Louis B. Mayer
Vincent J. Giordano	...	Cocoanut Grove Band Member
Josie Maran	...	Cigarette Girl
Justin Shilton	...	Hell's Angels Pilot
Arthur Holden	...	Radio Announcer
Raymond Ducasse	...	Roscoe Turner
Joseph P. Reidy	...	Aide to Howard (as Joseph Reidy)
Stéphane Demers	...	Maitre d'
Yves Jacques	...	Waiter
Loudon Wainwright III	...	Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2 (as Loudon Wainwright)
Jason Cavalier	...	Cocoanut Grove Patron
Chris Ufland	...	Engineer
Al Dubois	...	Pan Am Executive #1
Alan Toy	...	Man on Crutches
Sebastian Tillinger	...	Timer
Francesca Scorsese	...	Little Girl
Charlotte Scott	...	Little Girl
James Bradford	...	Uncle Willy
Joe Cobden	...	Another Guest #1
Linda Smith	...	Another Guest #2
Alan Fawcett	...	Chairman MPA
Jordan St. James	...	Hughes' Aide at Censor Hearing
David Purdham	...	Emcee
Kevin O'Rourke	...	Spencer Tracy
Lisa Bronwyn Moore	...	Noah's Wife
Emma Campbell	...	Helen Frye
Martha Wainwright	...	Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #3
Vincent Laresca	...	Jorge
Matt Holland	...	Hughes' Staff Person
Dennis St John	...	Nick the Custodian
Keith Campbell	...	Marine
Al Vandecruys	...	Doctor
James Rae	...	FBI Agent
Kathleen McAuliffe	...	Brewster's Maid
Nellie Sciutto	...	Secretary
Terry Haig	...	Another Senator
James McNamara	...	Himself (voice)
John Koensgen	...	Pan Am Executive #2
Vladimir Kuznetsov Smith	...	Caretaker
Mark Akeson	...	Caretaker
Jason Pollard	...	Caretaker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pascal Anctil	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Matthew I. Baker	...	Photographer at 'Hell's Angels' Wrap Party (uncredited)
Gavin Black	...	Hughes' Film Crewman (uncredited)
John David Braddock	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Benjamin Centoducati	...	Film Worker (uncredited)
Isabelle Champeau	...	Editor (uncredited)
Al Coronel	...	Bi-Plane Mechanic #1 (uncredited)
Elizabeth DeCicco	...	Starlet (uncredited)
Elisa Dyann	...	Coat Check Girl (uncredited)
Antonella Elia	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Meghan Elizabeth	...	Starlet (uncredited)
Danielle Franke	...	Esquire Starlet (uncredited)
Vince Giordano	...	Cocoanut Grove Band Leader (uncredited)
Ian Halperin	...	Hospital Room Visitor (uncredited)
Trevor Hayes	...	Chef (uncredited)
Harrison Held	...	Louis B. Mayer Crony (uncredited)
David Hillberg	...	Stage Hand (uncredited)
Chase Hoyt	...	Usher (uncredited)
Larry Kagele	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Jason Klamm	...	Man in Tux at 'Hell's Angels' Premiere (uncredited)
Lauren LeMay	...	Starlet (uncredited)
Brian T. Lynch	...	Ground Crewman (uncredited)
Lon Moriarty	...	Hell's Angels Airline Mechanic (uncredited)
Matthew Reidy	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Scott Sahadi	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Heather Sconyers	...	Bathing beauty (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese	...	Hell's Angels Projectionist / Man on Red Carpet (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Sivero	...	Photographer (uncredited)
R. Bruce Steinheimer	...	Plane Engineer / Field Tech (uncredited)
Cathy Symonds	...	Customer (uncredited)
Michael-John Wolfe	...	Cary Grant (uncredited)
Jeremy Zafran	...	TWA Executive (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Scorsese

Writing credits (WGA)
John Logan		(written by)

Produced by
Chris Brigham	....	executive producer
Sandy Climan	....	producer
Colin Cotter	....	executive producer
Matthias Deyle	....	producer: IMF
Leonardo DiCaprio	....	executive producer
Charles Evans Jr.	....	producer
Graham King	....	producer
Dan Maag	....	line producer: IMF
Michael Mann	....	producer
Aslan Nadery	....	executive producer: IMF
Joseph P. Reidy	....	co-producer (as Joseph Reidy)
Volker Schauz	....	executive producer: IMF
Philip Schulz-Deyle	....	line producer: IMF
Rick Schwartz	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Rick Yorn	....	executive producer
Martin Scorsese	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Howard Shore

Cinematography by
Robert Richardson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Thelma Schoonmaker

Casting by
Ellen Lewis

Production Design by
Dante Ferretti

Art Direction by
Robert Guerra		(supervising art director)
Claude Paré		(supervising art director)
Luca Tranchino

Set Decoration by
Francesca Lo Schiavo

Costume Design by
Sandy Powell

Makeup Department
Audrey L. Anzures	....	assistant hair stylist
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair department head
Cydney Cornell	....	hair stylist: Kate Beckinsale
Jean-Jacques Dion	....	hairdresser: Montreal
Shirley Dolle	....	additional hair stylist
Carolyn Elias	....	key hair stylist (as Carolyn L. Elias)
Margaret E. Elliott	....	additional makeup artist
Réjean Forget	....	key hair stylist: Montreal (as Rejéan Forget)
Emilie Gauthier	....	extras makeup artist: Montreal
Michael Germain	....	second key makeup artist
Sian Grigg	....	makeup artist: Leonardo DiCaprio
Bunny Hamelin	....	extras hair stylist: Montreal
Tina Harrelson	....	key makeup artist
Tahira Herold	....	assistant makeup artist: Montreal
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic artist: Montreal
Martin Lapointe	....	hairdresser: Montreal
Greg Nelson	....	makeup artist
Carol Pershing	....	additional hair stylist
Colleen Quinton	....	key makeup artist: Montreal
Morag Ross	....	makeup department head
Ric Sagliani	....	makeup artist
Vasilios Tanis	....	makeup artist: Kate Beckinsale (as Vecilious Tanis)
Michelle Vittone	....	makeup artist (as Michelle Vittone-McNeil)
Erin Wooldridge	....	makeup artist
Donna J. Anderson	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Ginger Damon	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Sandra Feijoo	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Nathalie Garon	....	assistant hair stylist: Montreal (uncredited)
Christophe Giraud	....	assistant makeup artist: Montreal (uncredited)
Kathy Kelso	....	extras makeup artist: Montreal (uncredited)
Catherine Lavoie	....	assistant makeup artist: Montreal (uncredited)
Timothy A. Miguel	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Patricia Miller	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Marissa Nemes	....	assistant makeup artist: Montreal (uncredited)
Tijen Osman	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)
Yesim 'Shimmy' Osman	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)
Raissa Patton	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Simon Rose	....	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)
Brad Scott	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Nikoletta Skarlatos	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Nathalie Trépanier	....	assistant makeup artist: Montreal (uncredited)
Fanny Vachon	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Angie Wells	....	makeup artist: day player (uncredited)

Production Management
Jan Foster	....	unit production manager
Michael Jackman	....	post-production supervisor (as Michael A. Jackman)
Frederik Joly	....	assistant unit manager: Montreal
Robbi Kearns	....	music production manager
Christina Kontos	....	unit production manager
Jimmy Kontos	....	unit manager: Montreal
Kevin Matthews	....	assistant unit manager: Montreal

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrizia Bidone-Valdiserra	....	dga trainee
Peter Dress	....	second second assistant director
Geneviéve Duguay	....	third assistant director: Montreal (as Genevéve Duguay)
Angèle Gagnon	....	key second assistant director: Montreal
Robert Legato	....	second unit director (as Rob Legato)
Auree Tommi Lepage	....	third assistant director: Montreal
Simon-Édouard Pilon	....	key second assistant director: Montreal
Joseph P. Reidy	....	first assistant director (as Joseph Reidy)
Chris Surgent	....	second assistant director (as Christopher Surgent)
Fabrice Barrilliet	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Jesabelle Boileau	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Paul van den Boom	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
William M. Connor	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Vernon Davidson	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)
Martin Doepner	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Harvey Drouelle	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Simon Dugas	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Daniella Jovanovic	....	third assistant director (uncredited)
Carl Kouri	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Christian Lalumière	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Caroline Landry	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Laurence Mercier	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Natalia Ortelli	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)
Julie Sageau	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)
Scott Schaeffer	....	second assistant director (uncredited)
Ruby Stillwater	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)
Chris Surgent	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Tanya van Blokland	....	additional third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Timothy D. Ackers	....	stand-by painter
Claire Alary	....	property master: Montreal
Lisa Alkofer	....	art set assistant
Vincent Gauvin Badeau	....	assistant greensman: Montreal
Eric Bardin	....	assistant props: Montreal
Alain Brochu	....	carpentry manager: Montreal
Michel Brochu	....	carpentry manager: Montreal
Rejean Brochu	....	carpentry supervisor: Montreal
Tony Buccola	....	art department production assistant
Gary Clark	....	head paint foreman (as Gary A. Clark)
Jocelyn Clouàtre	....	swing gang: Montreal
Isabelle Côté	....	graphics designer: Montreal
Michael Crowe	....	propmaker foreman
Yuan-Frédéric D'Amour	....	assistant greensman: Montreal (as Yan Frederic D'Amour)
Katia Kim Depatie	....	assistant props: Montreal
Edith Desmeules	....	assistant carpentry supervisor: Montreal
Bernard Dion	....	swing gang: Montreal
Genevieve Ferderber	....	art department assistant: Montreal
Lucie Fournier	....	key sculptor: Montreal
Eugene Freiburger	....	swing gang
Jean-Daniel Frenette	....	graphics artist: Montreal
Jimmy Garcia	....	painter decorator
Martin Gendron	....	art director: Montreal
Alain Giguère	....	head scenic painter: Montreal
John A. Gomez	....	swing gang (as Johnny Gomez)
Geoffroy Gosselin	....	swing gang: Montreal
Paul Hotte	....	head set dresser
Bill Iiams	....	construction coordinator (as William Iiams Sr.)
Paul Lacerte	....	on-set painter: Montreal
Michele Laliberte	....	art director: Montreal
Marco Lavallée	....	swing gang: Montreal (as Marco Lavallee)
William J. Law III	....	set designer (as William Law III)
Danny Lebel	....	swing gang: Montreal (as Dany Lebel)
Ray Légaré	....	head greensman: Montreal
Kurt Leitner	....	art department production assistant
Roberto Magagnini	....	lead person: Montreal
Gaétan Marsolais	....	art department coordinator: Montreal (as Gaetan Marsolais)
Merdyce McClaran	....	on-set dresser (as Merdyce C. McClaran)
Stephan McKenzie	....	on-set dresser: Montreal (as Stéphane McKenzie)
Jean-François Merlot	....	scenic painter
Ricardo Montemiglio	....	on-set dresser: Montreal
Francis Morin	....	swing gang: Montreal
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property consultant
Hope M. Parrish	....	property master
Éric Plante	....	swing gang: Montreal
Annie Pomerleau	....	art department assistant: Montreal
David C. Potter	....	lead person
Réal Proulx	....	art director: Montreal
Mark Rasmussen	....	general foreman
Charlotte Raybourn	....	art department coordinator
Benoit Robert	....	swing gang: Montreal (as Benôit Robert)
Michel Robichaud	....	assistant head scenic painter: Montreal
Benoit Robitaille	....	swing gang: Montreal (as Benôit Robitaille)
Lori Rowbotham	....	assistant art director (as Lori Rowbotham Grant)
Tony Salazar	....	labor foreman (as Tony 'San Antone' Salazar)
Cathy Scorsese	....	assistant property master (as Catherine Scorsese)
Alain Senécal	....	swing gang: Montreal
Doris Simard	....	supervising art department coordinator: Montreal
Jaime Soria	....	labor foreman
David Storm	....	swing gang
Karen Teneyck	....	graphic artist
Jesse Valdez	....	painter decorator
Viviane Vallée	....	art department coordinator: Montreal (as Vivianne Vallee)
Christina Ann Wilson	....	assistant art director (as Christina Wilson)
Vincent Aird	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Andy Aitken	....	sculptor/mouldmaker (uncredited)
Frédéric Amblard	....	set designer (uncredited)
Bennett Andrews	....	on-set greensman (uncredited)
Ernie Avila	....	model maker (uncredited)
Donald Beaulieu	....	scenic technician (uncredited)
Claude Beaupré	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Daniel R. Bentley	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Eve Boulonne	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Glenn Bydwell	....	set designer (uncredited)
Michael A. Casey	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Marc Chow	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Daniela De Carlo	....	production assistant: art department (uncredited)
Alan Easley	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Tim Fassino	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Eugene Freiburger	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Vincent Gingras-Liberali	....	set designer (uncredited)
Ray Haleblian	....	previsualization (uncredited)
Paul Hotte	....	first assistant decorator (uncredited)
Mark David Kersey	....	head greensman (uncredited)
Chris Klein	....	scenic painter (uncredited)
Ann Knight	....	set buyer (uncredited)
Michel R. Lambert	....	scenic technician (uncredited)
Kurt Leitner	....	assistant: Dante Ferretti (uncredited)
Julia K. Levine	....	set designer (uncredited)
Philippe Lord	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Cameron Matheson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Trong-Kim Nguyen	....	prop graphics (uncredited)
Scott Owen	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Robert Parle	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Steven Schwartz	....	set designer (uncredited)
Anthony Syracuse	....	location foreman (uncredited)
Alex Touikan	....	set designer (uncredited)
Mélanie Truchon	....	scenic painter (uncredited)
Louis Trudeau	....	scenic painter (uncredited)
Jose Fernando Varela	....	assistant set dresser (uncredited)
Richard Blake Wester	....	second lead person (uncredited)
Carrie Wilksen	....	set dressing coordinator (uncredited)
Christina Ann Wilson	....	art director: second unit (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Boulton	....	adr recordist
Travis Call	....	sound recordist
Kam Chan	....	foley editor
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Giovanni Di Simone	....	sound recordist: aviation (as Giovanne DiSimone)
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor
Carl Fischer	....	boom operator
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eugene Gearty	....	supervising sound editor
Ruth Hernandez	....	assistant sound editor
Petur Hliddal	....	sound mixer
Kenton Jakub	....	adr editor
Frank Kern	....	supervising foley editor
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer (as George Lara)
Hal Levinsohn	....	adr editor
Patricio A. Libenson	....	sound recording supervisor: aviation (as Patricio Libenson)
Debora Lilavois	....	assistant sound editor
Marissa Littlefield	....	supervising adr editor
Douglas Murray	....	adr recordist (as Douglas L. Murray)
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Louis Piche	....	boom operator: Montreal (as Louis Piché)
Nicholas Renbeck	....	dialogue editor (as Nick Renbeck)
Jacob Ribicoff	....	foley editor
Fred Rosenberg	....	dialogue editor
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Philip Stockton	....	supervising sound editor
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor (as Steve Visscher)
Larry Wineland	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Agostino	....	playback operator: ProTools (uncredited)
Patrick Arnheim	....	voice loop (uncredited)
James Bellamy	....	auricle operator (uncredited)
Catherine Bellazzi	....	additional boom operator (uncredited)
Kay Denmark	....	adr boom operator (uncredited)
Eugene Gearty	....	sound designer (uncredited)
Shawn Holden	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Jeremy Peirson	....	aviation sound recordist (uncredited)
Sarah Jean Porter	....	post sound intern (uncredited)
Michael Rayle	....	cable person (uncredited)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Sara Stern	....	post sound intern (uncredited)
David Warzynski	....	foley assistant (uncredited)